Once again I was up before sunrise, in time to take a photo of the rising sun. The red dunes of the Kalahari were green after the recent good rain and the unique smell of Kalahari sour grass was in the air.

We decided to have a relaxing day, lazing about, reading and going for a short hike, including a brief visit to the Meerkat rehabilitation centre on site.
As always, my camera went along for the walk.






By this time we had realised that we had very limited cellular and internet connection and uploading photos and blog posts had become impossible. But this is part of the charm of traveling in these remote areas.


What is the insect in the middle photo? Very scary looking. Glad it is tiny.
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I am not very knowledgeable about insects, but friends traveling with us told me that it is a corn cricket https://www.sanbi.org/animal-of-the-week/armoured-bush-cricket/
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Thanks, Etienne. Those spines on its back are scary.
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